Agricultural implement.



PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907.

4 E. V. FIELDER.

AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY31, 1906.

- tural implement en'ihodying a wheeled frame.

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AGFlhDUL'E'URAL lPJlPLEE fiENT= Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1 90?,

Application filed July 31,1906 Serial No, 328,642.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known thatl, EDWARD V. FinLoEn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Adelphia, in tne county of Monmouth and State 1 or New Jersey, have invented a new and use ful Agricultural Implement, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in agricultural implements; and it has particular reference to an agricul" designed to be drawn by hand and in which the tools are intcrclmng'euble.

in operative or inope throughout the several views, whereinwhich may be employed, showing in l l in connection with a device oi the above I type the invention aims as a primary object to provide novel means l'or holding said tools l ativc positions at the. option of the user. l

The invention aims as a further object to provide a frame embodying vertically-ad-l justable Sections, whereby the tool-slmnk l muy be raised or lowered, us desired. l '1 he inv ntion aims as i'urthcr object to r vid vel means for varying lhc angular l disposition ol said moi-Shanks and for in-, crcusing or decreasing il fl i' w fi l tween in accordance with the condition of use.

T he invention aims as a further object toprovide an implement ol' the above-type m which the laborer is caused to walk shell? side oi the row ol soil which is being tilled, such means consisting; oi a l'orwu-rdly-extendl inn; tongue disposed oll center with relation l to the width ol" the ironic. l

The invention linaliy aims to provide a dcv, vice which shall be simple in construction, inexpensive to manul'acture, and practical and cllicicnt in use. l

The drluilcd constructi n will appear iii the following description, inl

aide to the accoinpunyl in I forming; a part of this specificanurucrals designating like parts the course oi \Yhll'll r ent-e is in nrgdru tion, like Figure 1 is a top plan view of an agricultural implement constructed in accordance with rnyinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation Lhcreol Fig. 3 is a l'ront OlLYi'ltiOIl thereof, the tongue being she, n in section. Fig. 4 is a plan view, partly in section, ol the frame-adjusting mechanism; and Fig. 5 is a detailed perspective view 01'' one of the tools detail the construction of its shank.

l 1 VlCiCCi upon each of the frameoars 7.

tools are generally designated by the nuiieierring specifically to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 designates the stationary side bars of the frame. bars 1 carry the stud-axles 2, upon which the tr'actionwvheels 3 are monnte, said wheels being retained in position by cotters 4 or other suitable fastening devices. The bars 1 are provided with a central groove 5, (indi cated by dotted lines in Fig. 4,) within which is received the projecting rib 6, which is pro- The bars 1? are adjustable vertically with. relation to the bars 1. An advantageous adjusting device is shown in Fig. 4-,.Wh10l1 comprises a plurality cl vertically-aimed thumb-screws 8, threaded through each of the bars 7 and engaging in a suitably-disposed recess in the bars 1.. The bars 7 are bridged at their up- )er ends by a horizontal crossbar 9, having a longitudinal slot 10. From the bars 9 are suspended the shanks 1 1 ,Which carry the 'qardening implements. ahly disposed on said bars bymeans of boltcnd-nut conn ctions 12, projected through. the slot 10 and engaging the adjacent sides of the bar 9. The shanks 11 carry at their lower ends suitable tools for the various purposes i or which the machine is intended, such as hoes, rakes, col ters, and the like. These meral 13 and. are lorined' with angnihi-r for- ;ardly-e ttcnding shanks l i, which are detachably secured to the lower ends of the shanks Ii by holt and-nut faste un s As above'intiniateil, the tongne hy which the implement is drawn ove the hills or rows is disposed oil center and one side. e tongue is illustrated in detail in Figs. 1 and 2 and comprises a stationary section 15, se curcd o the frame-bars 1 by suitably-arranged obliquely-extending braces 16, the latter being in turn reinforced by a; transverse brace 17 and a section 18, pivoted to the section 15, as at 19, said section 18 at its front end being; provided with a grip or handle 20. in its body portion the section 18 is provided with a rearward eye 21 and a forward eye 22. To the section there is pivotally secured, by means of an eye con motion 23. a rod 24, which terminates in a hooked end 25. The hooked end is designed to be engaged with either tl1e-eyes21 or 22, and such engagement;determines the position of the shanks 11 for nse. As shown n Figs. 1 and 2, the rod 24 is engagedwith The side.

The shanks 1 1 are'adjusttake into the soil.

the eye 21, and the tools 11 such position the rod 24 1s engaged with the eye 22, and it will be a ZIp'aren-t that when the section 18 is swung ownwardly to a honzontal position, the rear part of the frame be eolrespondin 1y moved, so that the shanks 11 are raise and tools 13 carried thereby lifted above the level of the soil.

iHaving fully described my invention, I ca1m L call -adjusta ble relation,a cross-bar uniting sai last-named sections and tool-shanks suspended from said cross-bar.

2. agriculturaliniplement embodying I as a lever upon its ivot 19 to the dotted-line position of Fig. 2.

a wheeled frame comprisin stationary sections and sections carried 1; ereby and vertically adjustable. with relation thereto, a cross-bar uniting said last-named sections and having a slot longitudinal] tool-shanks having adjustabli; connection with said cross-bar by fastening devices passing through said slot. device of the type set forth ing a wheeled frame, tool-shanks carried thereby, a stationary tongue-section carried thereby, a tongue-section pivoted to said first-named tongue-section, a rod pivotaily carried by said first-named ton and adapted to 'en age said ast-named tongue-section, and 'astening devices p vided in spaced relation upon said pivoted tongue-section for detachable engagement with said rod.

EDWARD V. FIELDER.- Witnesses:

JEREMIAH STILLWELL, JOHN D. WEBB.

comprise-sectio'n thereof, and 

